Godfrey N. Hounsfield

Nobel Lecture

Computed Medical Imaging

Godfrey N. Hounsfield held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1979, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Ulf Rudhe, member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.

Computed Medical Imaging

Godfrey N. Hounsfield held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1979, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Ulf Rudhe, member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.

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From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1971-1980, Editor Jan Lindsten, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1992

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